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AUGUST 15, 2024 • Vol. 21, No. 17 Wallace Mackie, 4, enjoys the Boulder Garden at Carpenter Lake Nature Preserve. Photo by Donna Dalziel
Carpenter Lake reopens with new improvements SOUTHFIELD — On the hot and sunny morning of Aug. 1, officials gathered at Carpenter Lake Nature Preserve, 27225 10 Mile Road, for the park’s grand reopening.
Thanks to a $600,000 Michigan Economic Development Corp. grant secured by state Sen. Jeremy Moss, the park closed July 31, 2023, for improvements. Work began with the removal of the existing parking lot and entry road. The expansion was laid out, and paving began in the late fall of 2023. The nature shelter was
placed in December 2023, and the restroom facilities were completed by mid-spring 2024. The new improvements include the renovation and expansion of the parking lot and entry road. The new layout includes seven parking spaces, including three accessible spaces, and parking for two school buses, with Americans with Disabilities Act-acces-
sible curb ramps and a marked crosswalk from the Boulder Garden to the restroom/ shelter area. A 256-square-foot, all-season restroom with three unisex stalls and a drinking fountain on the outside of the building is also new. See CARPENTER LAKE on page 9A
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